CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0116
CZ-4 DEB
CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 26161) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 April 2001.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26161
International designator
1999-057AX
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
14 Oct 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Apr 2001UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 5 months541 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.7°N to 80.7°SFinal inclination 99.3°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 99.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.7°N and 80.7°S.
Life in orbit
CZ-4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Apr 2001
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
230 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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